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The English term treasure trove was derived from tresor trové, the Anglo-French [1] equivalent of the Latin legal term thesaurus inventus. In 15th-century English the Anglo-French term was translated as "treasure found", but from the 16th century it began appearing in its modern form with the French word trové anglicized as trovey , trouve or ...
Treasure troves of the United States, amounts of money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion found hidden underground or in places such as cellars or attics, where the treasure seems old enough for it to be presumed that the true owner is dead and the heirs undiscoverable. An archaeological find of treasure trove is known as a hoard.
Treasure that has been found at sea is not dealt with by the law of treasure trove, but by the law of salvage which is a branch of admiralty law.Articles relating to this topic should therefore be placed in "Category:Treasure from shipwrecks".
Treasure, codename of Nathalie Sergueiew (1912–1950), female double agent who worked for MI5 during World War II; MV Treasure, several ships by the name Treasure, a ship that spilled oil near Cape Town, South Africa, in 2000; Treasure trove, in law, any discovered accumulation of valuables that can be presumed unowned or unclaimed
The Research Library is free and open to anyone 18 and older; visitors must only create an account to access books. Unlike borrowing from a traditional library, the antiquarian society does not ...
This word refers to an outdoor space that's used for dining or recreation. It's typically paved. OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to totally give it away before revealing the answer!
A treasure map is a variation of a map to mark the location of buried treasure, a lost mine, a valuable secret or a hidden location. One of the earliest known instances of a document listing buried treasure is the copper scroll, which was recovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls near Qumran in 1952. More common in fiction than in reality, "pirate ...
Nestled in The Bahamas on Great Abaco Island is a blue hole, Sawmill Sink, that's filled with a trove of well-preserved fossils that show how much the island has changed since the last Ice Age.